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Amy Duggercousin Josh Dugger and Joseph Duggercalling their arrest a “pattern” of being “permitted.”
in a Instagram In a video shared on Tuesday, April 7, Amy, 39, reflected on the child molestation incident TOLL Charges were filed last month against Joseph, 31, and 2021 sex offender conviction Josh, 38, is currently incarcerated.
“It’s no coincidence when one family member goes to jail for crimes against children and another brother goes to jail for alleged crimes against children,” Amy told fans in the post. (Joseph was arrested in Arkansas on March 19 and extradited to Florida on March 31 before being released on $600,000 bail.)
Amy continued, “It’s not random, it’s not bad luck, it’s not like that. It’s what’s called a pattern. Patterns don’t come out of nowhere. Patterns come from what’s protected, what’s ignored, and what’s allowed to continue. At some point, you have to stop asking yourself, ‘How could this happen again?’ and realize there was a circumstance that allowed this to happen in the first place.”
Josh, the oldest jim bob and Michelle DuggerThe children were arrested in April 2021 for receiving and possessing child pornography and are currently serving 151 months in federal prison. Josh maintained his innocence but was found guilty in December of that year. He is expected to be released in December 2032.
Joseph, the seventh child of Jim Bob, 60, and Michelle, 59, was charged last month with lewd and lascivious conduct involving indecent assault on a victim under the age of 12. He was also charged with committing lewd and lascivious conduct on a person 18 years of age or older. The charges come after a 14-year-old girl told police that Joseph molested her as a 9-year-old during a 2020 vacation in Panama City Beach, Florida.
Furthermore, Joseph and his wife, Kendra Duggaryes Both sides have been accused Including four counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a minor and four counts of second-degree unlawful imprisonment. The secondary charges were unrelated to Joseph’s indecent assault charge and Kendra, 27, was released on bail the day of her arrest.
Amy, daughter of Jim Bob’s sister Deanna Jordancontinued to address the family’s troubles in her Instagram posts. “So now there are two brothers who have been photographed, with the victims being very young, and it is alleged that this is not a pattern but exposure to something deeper and darker,” she said. “In this closed system you can’t protect your reputation and children at the same time.”
Amy continued, “I’m sure we all have questions. Like, how many people didn’t report the same thing? How many kids were not protected when they should have been? How many enablers[existed]and who knew all of this information? I guarantee you, there were people in the family who knew but didn’t say anything. The scariest part for me isn’t the information that we know – it’s… all the information that we don’t know now, because I guarantee you, there’s a lot more to the story.”
a vocal critic Amy tells us that since news of the arrest broke, Joseph has been US Weekly In a statement after his arrest, she said she was “sickened, heartbroken and deeply angry” by the accusations against him.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). If you or someone you know has experienced child abuse, please call or text the Children’s Helpline: 1-800-422-4453.
